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From: [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc,news.software.readers,news.software.b,news.answers
Subject: Changes to USENET Software: History and Sources
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Date: 19 Oct 92 05:16:09 GMT
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Archive-name: usenet-software/diff1
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 18 Oct 1992 by spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)


*** old/software.n    Sat Sep 19 23:18:02 1992
--- ./src/software.n    Sun Oct 18 23:39:15 1992
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  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 19 Sep 1992 by [e-mail] (Rich Salz)

--- 5,7 ----
  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 18 Oct 1992 by spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)

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  is specified in RFC 1036 (see below).  B News has been declared "dead"
! by a number of people, including Rich Adams, and is unlikely to be
  upgraded further; most new UUCP sites are using C News (see next
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  is specified in RFC 1036 (see below).  B News has been declared "dead"
! by a number of people, including Rick Adams, and is unlikely to be
  upgraded further; most new UUCP sites are using C News (see next
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! A screen-oriented NEWS client for VMS is also available via ftp from
! ftpvms.ira.uka.de (contact Bernd Onasch <[e-mail]> for
! details).

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! A screen-oriented news client for VMS that works with CMU/tek, EXOS,
! MultiNet, UCX, Wollongong and DECnet is also available via ftp from
! iraun1.ira.uka.de, info.rz.uni-ulm.de, and ftp.spc.edu (contact Bernd
! Onasch <[e-mail]> for details).

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+ "trumpet" is a NNTP based news reader for DOS which will also run
+ under Windows (although only as a DOS application). There is Lan
+ Workplace version which is also available.  It works using the
+ Clarkson Packet Drivers either over a Novell network or a PC with an
+ 'ordinary' TCP/IP connection. It offers a very intuitive interface
+ with most of the basic facilities required in a newsreader (but
+ without some of the 'bells and whistles found in something like rn).
+ It has facilities for using SMTP to forward/reply etc.  The latest
+ version is 1.05g and is shareware available at most main ftp sites.
+
  At least one IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is
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! Special note on "notes" and pre-2.11 news
! -----------------------------------------
  Users of these systems may note problems in their interactions with the
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! Special note on "notes" and old versions of news
! ------------------------------------------------
  Users of these systems may note problems in their interactions with the
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  release of "notes" was at the January 1982 Usenix conference.  The
! current release of notes is version 1.7; it is no longer being
  actively maintained.
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  release of "notes" was at the January 1982 Usenix conference.  The
! last release of notes was version 1.7; it is no longer being
  actively maintained.
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  "news.lists", or else they should post from a system running
! up-to-date B news software (i.e., 2.11).  "notes" users may obtain
! some patches from the comp.sources.unix archives which enable recent
! versions of "notes" to interact with moderated groups properly.

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  "news.lists", or else they should post from a system running
! up-to-date news software (i.e., C news or INN).  "notes" users may
! obtain some patches from the comp.sources.unix archives which enable
! the most recent versions of "notes" to interact with moderated groups
! properly.

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  some other current B news features, such as the "checkgroups" message.
! "notes" continues to be a "foreign" system, and B news versions before
! 2.10.2 are considered "obsolete."  The various maintainers of the
! Usenet software have never expressed any commitment to maintain
! backwards compatibility with "foreign" or obsolete news systems and
! are unlikely to do so; it is the responsibility of the users to
! maintain compatibility of such software if they wish to continue to
! interact with the Usenet.

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  some other current B news features, such as the "checkgroups" message.
! "notes" continues to be a "foreign" system and B news versions are
! considered "obsolete."  The various maintainers of the Usenet software
! have never expressed any commitment to maintain backwards
! compatibility with "foreign" or obsolete news systems and are unlikely
! to do so; it is the responsibility of the users to maintain
! compatibility of such software if they wish to continue to interact
! with the Usenet.

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! You can obtain the version number of your news software by issuing the
! "v" command in either "vnews" or "readnews."  The "rn" version is
! obtainable by typing the "v" command to the top level prompt.
! Type "V" to see the version number of "nn".

- Current software is obtainable from almost any major Usenet site.
- Source to the 'rn' newsreader program is also widely available.

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! You can obtain the version number of your news software by issuing
! some form of "v" command to show the current version -- consult the
! man page for details.  Current software is obtainable from almost any
! major Usenet site as well as the sites noted in the body of the
! article, above.


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! Sources for news 2.11, C News, "rn", and "trn" are also available in
! the comp.sources.unix archives.  European sites should request the
! sources from their nearest Eunet backbone site.

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! Sources for most of the news readers and software, including news
! 2.11, C News, "rn", and "trn" are also available in the
! comp.sources.unix archives.  European sites should request the sources
! from their nearest Eunet backbone site.

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  Steve Bellovin, Ray Essick, Mark Horton, Brian Kantor, Phil Lapsley,
! Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall.  Thanks, folks.
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  Steve Bellovin, Ray Essick, Mark Horton, Brian Kantor, Phil Lapsley,
! Bob Page, Rich Salz, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall.  Thanks, folks.
--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  [e-mail]    phone:  [phone]